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Pictures That Tell A Thousand Words | #4
We let writer Pete Gomori loose with an enigmatic series of photos from documentary photographer Will Hartley. Only one rule - no more than 1,000 words, but Pete didn't need anything like that to blow us away...
Tutorials
Jess Maddock | Advice to young photographers
This one is for every student who has ever left uni and thought 'What do I do now?'. You all know where you want to be, but how do you get there? Jess Maddock shares with us her insights and experiences in doing just that...
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Interpret/Inspire - Stranger Than Fiction
Gather.ly sent three emerging illustrators along to view Joan Fontcuberta's 'Stranger Than Fiction' show, to shake their consciousness and give them the opportunity to interpret the work and be inspired.
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Illustrated Journeys | Josh Bristow
What happens when you give a talented fashion illustrator a handmade journal and let him run wild for a week? Welcome to the vibrant and colourful world of Josh Bristow...
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Pictures That Tell A Thousand Words | #2
Whimsical writer Lauren Ash takes inspiration from Helena La Petite's beautiful imagery to whisk you away into a world far away in our second instalment of the 'Pictures That Tell A Thousand Words' series.
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Artist Tips | Hannah Adamaszek
Talented painter Hannah shares some insight and personal tips on finding your way in a career as a full time artist.
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London Fashion Weekend | Mix up the Media
Since sending an eager bunch of Photographers to London Fashion Weekend, we've been working on something special with three of our Illustration Collective. 'Mix up the Media' is a project born out of the beauty of collaboration within the arts, and we're delighted to showcase the results from the project...
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Kate Philipson | One Fierce Female
With a unique and unconventional take on fashion illustration, Kate tells us about her style, perfectionism and the journey to becoming a professional illustrator.
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Pictures That Tell A Thousand Words | Cleo & Katie
At Gather.ly we are big fans of telling stories. But what if you had the opportunity to tell someone else's story, through a brand new narrative of your own?...
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Canon Focus
Back in May we sent collective members Chris Turner and Lee Kirby away to shoot 4 individual films for Canon, focusing on real people from different walks of life who use photography as a way of capturing memories that can't be missed.
Interview
Harry Mitchell
An insight into the work of Photographer Harry Mitchell, we catch up with him at Gather.ly to talk inspirations, chance and patience.
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Shoot The Show - London Fashion Weekend 2014
Gather.ly teamed up with Canon to offer a kick-ass group of up-and-coming bloggers and photographers the chance to hit the runway and flex their shooting skills.
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The Last Skeptik x John Garner
UK Hip Hop producer and Gather.ly friend, The Last Skeptik hooked up with the incredible violinist John Garner to produce a one off musical baby.
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Festival No. 6 with Nicole Gomes
Nicole was one of the originals to get involved with Gather.ly and not only is she an awesome photographer, but also a bundle of fun, so we decided to let her loose on the Gather.ly Instagram. She didn't disappoint!
Miscellaneous
In The Woods
We love looking through the lens of shutterbug Jess Maddock's camera as she heads on little adventures. This week we're in for a real treat, as Jess shares her escape from the city at In The Woods festival.
Miscellaneous
Lynsey Smyth: Baffin Island
Talented wildlife photographer Lynsey Smyth visits the hidden, but much hunted Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. With beautiful, but extremely rare sightings of Polar Bears and Walrus, Lynsey shares with us her experience photographing nature's most magical creatures...
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A Film Catch 3.0: The City of Lights
Greta Carroll shares her next travel journal with us and makes our hearts beat fast for Paris. Even if you haven't been, I'm sure her words will awake a sense of nostalgia deep inside of you for someplace else...
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Emily Scarlett Romain: NYC
Back in London after spending the last year on and off in New York, Emily Scarlett Romain shares with Gather.ly her latest series from her time spent away, exploring and photographing a city that holds the stories of over 8 million people...
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Photographer profile: Helena La Petite
Since the very start of Gather.ly, Helena has been a big supporter of our ideas and direction. Now graduated, we're exciting to see where her own adventures will lead her and what she's learnt along the way...
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Pearly Queen London
Sophie Robinson closes in on the niche market that is swimwear in London. Designing pieces with a unique edge for the young, fashion forward, London 'it' girl.
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Notting Hill Carnival with Jess Maddock
Gather.ly handed Jess Maddock the reins to our Instagram account so she could document her ride on the wild beast that was her first experience of Notting Hill Carnival.
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Ben Hopper | Duende
Ben Hopper is a London-based photographer, filmmaker and artist. Primarily working with dancers, circus artists and contemporary nudes, Ben is actually one of the main contemporary circus photographers in the world at the moment. Yes, and you didn’t even know there was such a thing.
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Hannah Adamaszek
After falling out of love with with painting, Hannah Adamaszek returned to her creative side to create beautiful bohemian style portraits.
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The Cymatic Projectionist
We sat down and had a cup of your finest breakfast brew with American turned local lad, Zach Walker. A projectionist, visual artist and pioneer in Cymatics, the act of visualising sound.
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Jon Reid | Journal Entry #10 Nafplio
Jon has explored many places all over the world, but this week he writes about how he fell in love with the beautiful Nafplio at first site... or at first glance through the viewfinder.
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A Film Catch 2.0: Angüés to Barcelona
After a treacherous week trekking the mountainsides of the Pyrenees, it was time for Greta to make her way through tumbleweed deserts to the sun drenched coast and hustle and bustle of Barcelona.
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It's just a ride
When Americana infused, nuisance making brand, APN came to get stuck in with Gather.ly for a collaborative project, we couldn't wait to get our hands dirty with them...
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John Garner
Let's introduce another bit of music with some fiddling fellow called John Garner. An insanely talented London based violinist and a mighty humble chap.
Miscellaneous
How to be a tourist in Venice
If anyone knows how to really explore a new city, it's our good friend Jon Reid. This week he teaches us how to get away from the usual norms of sightseeing by being inconvenient and a little less obvious...
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A Week in Coverack
Jess Maddock shares her picturesque images in a photo journal from her holiday escape to Coverack, Cornwall earlier in July.
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Victoria Smith
Billowing silhouettes and the perfect juxtaposition of bright colours against nude tones personifies recent London College of Fashion graduate Victoria Smith’s final Press Show collection.
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Jon Reid | Journal Entry #9 Machu Picchu
Another week, another close call for Jon Reid as this time he battles mother nature, security guards and his own invincibility to capture one of the most beautiful Wonders of the World...
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The Last Skeptik
Gather.ly are entering the world of music. Who better to forge this path with than legendary London based producer, DJ and all round bloody nice chap, Corin Douieb aka The Last Skeptik.
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Cleo Glover takes over
We loved Joe's Instagram takeover so much that we decided to pass the baton on to another fave of ours, Cleo Glover. Cleo takes us to Brighton and we get to meet some of her friends along the way....
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Jon Reid | Journal Entry #8 Peru
This week Jon takes us to Peru to discover the wonder that is Machu Picchu. Along the way it seems that nothing can stop him, not even altitude sickness, in capturing what we think are his most breathtaking shots yet...
Interview
The Young Eccentric
A few months ago, Sabrina Carder bounded into our office at Gather.ly and since then we've been in love with her style and all round good vibes. Oh and I dare you not to smile when she laughs...
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Joe Earley | Brecon Beacons
After letting Joe Earley take over the Gather.ly Instagram for the weekend, we were desperate to hear more about his adventure. Here we're taken on a trip in his Mini to the beautiful Brecon Beacons.
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Jon Reid | Journal Entry #7 Uruguay
This week Jon focuses his journal entry around photographing the blue hour. Capturing colour that's not visible to the human eye with an insight into a few techniques used to do so....
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Interpret/Inspire - A Collaborative Effort
To celebrate Gather.ly taking to the stage of the World Wide Web last month, we decided to call on some of our talented creative friends to demonstrate the ethos behind our network.
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Maryam Mazraei
When Maryam walked into our office a few weeks ago it was like a breath of fresh air. Not only was she effortlessly cool, but as soon as she started talking, I could tell she was also really focused on what her future had in store...
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East Meets West
Meet the Slovenian Fashion Designer, Dorotea P London, who is staying true to herself by defining fashion, and not letting fashion define her.
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A Film Catch; The Spanish Pryenees
We last saw Greta wandering the streets of London during the London Collections fashion week. Now she shares her journey as she treks through the Spanish mountain ranges of the Pyrenees.
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Welcome to the Chavistocracy
Lilli Conreen shares her unique take on her graduate collection where she explores the demonisation of the working class by translating her research into fashion.
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Doug Hindson
A fresh face on the creative scene armed with an amazing fusion of traditional and contemporary practice, Doug's mixing things up and breaking the rules...
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Daniel Yuste: Insectivore
Sitting in a quaint cafe in Shoreditch, Daniel Yuste lets me into his world of Design in Menswear and his unorthodox but fascinating approach to researching an idea.
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Jon Reid | Journal Entry #6 Santiago
This week Jon focuses his journal entry around photographing South America's largest structure, the Gran Torre Costanera Tower.
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Lucy Driscoll
The art of collage is a not an easy one to master. Lucy Driscoll pulls together stories from decades past with ease, beautifully capturing a sense of playful curiosity in each of her images...
Tutorials
Photographing Skateboarding
Lee Kirby shares his latest tips and tricks with us, so you too can capture rad skate shots.
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Tutorial | Photographing a Landscape
Our resident photographer, Lee Kirby, shares his approach to landscape photography after his recent adventure to the wondrous land of Norway.
Miscellaneous
Jon Reid | Journal Entry #5 São Paulo
This week Jon hits the largest city in South America - São Paulo. World famous for its archive of graffiti, art and population of over 11 million people.
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Jon Reid | Journal Entry #4 Iguassu Falls
A destination that's on everyone's bucket list, Iguassu Falls is one remarkable visual. On this trip Jon spent a few days scouting the waterfall's edge for the perfect angle and my god did he find it.
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LC:M Illustrated
Gather.ly sent two young fashion illustrators along to the E.Tautz Saville Row catwalk show; taking them out of their comfort zones and pushing their boundaries.
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A Journey North
What happens when you take a Fashion Photographer and push them out of their comfort zone into the Viking homeland of Norway? Something spectacular, that's what...
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Jon Reid | Journal Entry #3 Buenos Aires
This week's instalment of Jon's journal takes us south to Argentina and into its capital Buenos Aires. A city full of colour and tradition mixed with contemporary architecture.
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London Collection in 35mm
Our talented young friend Greta Carroll took to the London Collection: Men's with a different approach, capturing the catwalk and surrounding chaos on 35mm film, making every shot count.
Miscellaneous
Crouch End Festival
Gather.ly teamed up with Canon and Boogaloo films to create a beautiful roundup on the North London festival...
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The Art of Interpretation
Debenhams partnered with Gather.ly's Illustration collective on a project supporting Debenhams’ #knowmysize campaign to highlight the retailer’s complimentary bra fit service.
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Introducing Jon Reid
Just before Jon's 50 day trip to South America he spent a few hours talking to us about his travelled life and photography - Interview by Ben Howell
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Jon Reid | Journal Entry #2 Brasilia
Gather.ly collective member Jon Reid takes us on a journey around South America. Over the next 50 days John will be sharing his experience with us, oh and he takes a bloody good picture too...
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Showing East London how Gather.ly is making peoples lives more interesting and giving artists such as Ed Carvhalo-Monaghan unique opportunities.
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Jon Reid | Journal Entry #1 Rio
Gather.ly collective member Jon Reid takes us on a journey around South America. Over the next 50 days Jon will be sharing his experience with us, oh and he takes a bloody good picture too...
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Greta Carroll
A girl of many talents, Greta Carroll invites us into her world of photography, politics and travel with an intimate chat about her life so far and a detailed look into her project 'I Am A Girl'
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24 Hrs | Rick Nunn
Gather.ly in partnership with Canon offered Photographer Rick Nunn a 24 hour opportunity to tell his story.
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Phoebe Cheong | 24 Hrs
Gather.ly in partnership with Canon offered Phoebe Cheong (Fashion Photographer) the opportunity to shoot her passion in the streets of Paris, arguably the world's fashion capital during Fashion Week
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Packing for a Long Trip
Travel Photographer and Gather.ly collective member John Reid talks through his preparation for a long trip.
Interview
Scott Grummett
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Scott Grummett for a chat about his previous work and his new Project 'Scene of the Crime'. What a lovely chap he is....
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Florian Meacci
Florian’s illustrations are absolutely beautiful, there is no denying that, but when I found out he draws them with your everyday BIC biro, I was way more impressed.
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Joanna Bucur
Meet the girl of many talents - a creative Chameleon, she's a self confessed night drawer, drummer, honest straight talker and general inspiration to everyone she meets. And here's why....
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Joe Earley
I first met Joe Earley at the end of last summer. After chatting on the phone quite frequently about his style of photography and what inspires him as a photographer he became a big inspiration...
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24Hrs | Lee Kirby
What if you were given the opportunity to tell your own story? Not the story of how you’re struggling with rent to afford printing costs or eating baked beans on toast to justify that new lens for the shoot you’re not being paid for… The story behind all that, the story of where you’re headed.
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Scott Grummett | Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime is a project inspired by the NYPD Municipal Archive, a cache of police photographs spanning from the 1800’s to the present day.
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Joseph Larkowsky
I’m not sure I have ever met anyone who told me straight up that they just love to work. That they would be happy sorting fabulous buttons in a basement, as long as he was working for fashion.
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Wandering the West
Gather.ly collective member Chris Turner gave us an insight to his trip to California at the start of this year with a set of beautifully raw and real photographs to accompany his story.
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Unique People, Extraordinary Opportunities
Working in the creative industries can be one of the most isolating experiences - even for the most social of creatures. Gather.ly is the online magazine that tells the story of what happens if we change all that.